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Andy Goldsworthy’s Striding Arches have been installed deep in an
area of great natural beauty. There is much to discover here.

Cairnhead Forest is already home to a great many birds, animals and insects,
many of which are fairly easy to observe. A number of strategies are in
place to enhance its biodiversity, meaning that Cairnhead is becoming increasingly
rich in the species it supports. Click on Wildlife at Cairnhead and Cairnhead
Forest to find out more.

Artist and poet Alec Finlay and letter carver Pip Hall have each spent
time at Cairnhead, engaging with and reacting to the landscape. The results
are rich and diverse bodies of interpretive work, springing from the natural
history of the place, in Alec Finlay’s case, and research into the
human history of Cairnhead in the case of Pip Hall. Click on Alec
Finlay – Hill
of Streams and Pip Hall and the People of Cairnhead to discover more.